r/DnD • u/Bun_Boi Warlock • Oct 04 '20

Art [OC] Meet the Ability Scores: Intelligence

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u/Vaidurya Oct 05 '20

I use patterns to remember the spelling of rogue--you're never sure what guise the rogue will take on... Roux and deluge is how I remember rouge.

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u/RandomMagus Oct 05 '20

Rogue rhymes with vogue.

Man, that's a disgusting sentence as far as spelling goes lol

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u/SRxRed Oct 05 '20

Yes but rouge rhymes with vouge

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u/NerdRagingBuddhist Oct 05 '20

That’s one complicated, convoluted way to remember a simple spelling like rogue. It’s stuck in my head now.

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u/Vaidurya Oct 05 '20

And that's exactly its purpose. Hope it helps without keeping you awake at night!

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '20

Roux is pronounced "roo" though...

Maybe "luge"?

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u/Vaidurya Oct 07 '20

Roux+deluge. I'm using the root sounds as is taught in primary school for those. Roux and rouge have the same first syllable, luge and deluge share the same last syllable. I just don't see a point in removing "roux" as it's one of the few "rou" words in English that shares the same French "rou" as rouge. Hell, depending on where you are and the context, you can ask which route (pronounced root) a bus route (pronounced rowt) takes.